Hacker News with Generative AI: Ancient Greece

Is the US an Ochlocracy? (anacyclosis.org)
The theory of anacyclosis (ἀνακύκλωσις in Greek) represents the culmination of ancient Greek political thought on the evolution of political communities.

Politics, History, Ancient Greece

18 points by kilroy123 14 days ago | 25 comments

Necromanteion of Acheron (wikipedia.org)
The Nekromanteion (Greek: Νεκρομαντεῖον) was an ancient Greek temple of necromancy devoted to Hades and Persephone.

Ancient Greece, Mythology, Religion, History

30 points by drdee 29 days ago | 6 comments

Ataraxia (wikipedia.org)
In Ancient Greek philosophy, ataraxia (Greek: ἀταραξία, from ἀ- indicating negation or absence and ταραχ- tarach- 'to disturb, trouble' with the abstract noun suffix -ία), generally translated as 'unperturbedness', 'imperturbability', 'equanimity', or 'tranquility',[1] is a lucid state of robust equanimity characterized by ongoing freedom from distress and worry.

Philosophy, Ancient Greece, Psychology

73 points by keepamovin 30 days ago | 25 comments

Remains of an ancient Greek structure found in Croatia (arkeonews.net)
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 3,500-year-old settlement in the heart of the Dalmatian village of Stobreč in Croatia.

Archaeology, Ancient Greece, Croatia

110 points by taubek 41 days ago | 29 comments

Uncovered Euripides fragments are 'kind of a big deal' (colorado.edu)

Ancient Greece, Archaeology, History, Literature

276 points by caf 108 days ago | 90 comments

Analysis of Greek prehistoric combat in full body armour based on physiology (plos.org)